Robert L. Forward

(1932 – 2002)

Robert Lull Forward was an American physicist and SF writer. His SF was based largely on ideas developed from his career as an aerospace engineer. He earned a doctorate from the University of Maryland in 1965.

Forward is primarily remembered today for his Dragon's Egg series: Dragon's Egg (1980) and Starquake (1985). Both novels were collected in an omnibus edition (Dragon's Egg & Starquake) in 1994.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1981 -- Campbell Award nominee
• 1983 -- Eatoncon 5
• 1988 -- MosCon X
• 1989 -- Vikingcon 10
• 1991 -- Rustycon 8
• 1994 -- Life, the Universe, & Everything 12
• 1995 -- Minicon 30
• 1996 -- DefCon VIII
• 1997 -- Norwescon XX
• 2000 -- OryCon 22, [Vikingcon 17]]

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1932—2002

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